On the second day after receiving the Barony's title, Heder's Proof of Valor began to set out for the gray mountain area about a hundred kilometers away from Roland City.

As the name suggests, this area is a typical undulating geography, with clusters of silver-ash trees and a large number of shrubs, but there are also some unique small landforms. The various types of Warcraft native to them are also more complex.

"There aren't too many full-time hunters who come here to hunt demonic beasts during this period, which is just the right time for the demonstration of bravery. "Wella, who has always liked red, wears a crimson leather trench coat. Of course, the physique of a Inheritance cultivator with a certain strength is far beyond that of ordinary people, and he will basically reach the level of invincibility from cold and heat, but he will not care about most of the bad weather environment. Therefore, the red-haired countess's fur trench coat is far more decorative than the meaning of keeping out the cold.

The group all rode chocobo mounts of different ranks, and even Wella did not bring her own wolf fighting, except for Wella, Hade and the others all wore uniform light blue leather trench coats, in short, this semi-outing hunting team looked like a certain aristocratic lady went out hunting and camping with her guards.

"But the number of monsters above LV50 in this place is really pitiful. ”

Hede was a little helpless, their group had been in the gray mountain forest for half a day, and the harvest in one morning was not small, and the purple-haired girl Sima alone had already harvested nearly twenty crystal nuclei of more than LV40. However, there are very few demonic beasts above LV50, and a few scavenging dragons above LV50 appeared in the middle of the way, and as soon as they entered everyone's sight, they were defeated by the rapid charge of Desi, who had endured for a long time, and waved the double-bladed scissors in his hand to open and close several times to cut off the heads of the four scavenging dragons. Hede didn't even have time to jump off the chocobo, and it was all over.

Here I have to talk about Sima's performance. Although this introverted and extremely shy girl lacks practical experience, she is not easy to control the power of spells, and occasionally destroys her opponent along with the crystal nucleus. But she was extremely ruthless in the face of all kinds of magical beasts. The three-hit Frozen Air Rapid Attack is simple and effective, with one blow to the limbs that restrict the opponent's movement, one blow to break through various fur armor defenses, and a single blow to the core of consciousness such as the head.

Although it was true that with her strength that had surpassed the fifth order, it was indeed nothing to boast about against the fourth-order or so demonic beasts, but it also showed that this purple-haired girl with a timid appearance was not exactly a delicate flower in a greenhouse.

And Hede found a funny feature, that is, the uglier and more vicious the appearance of the monster died, the faster and more miserable, for example, several extremely ugly appearance of the monster were directly frozen into ice ballast by the purple-haired girl, and if the monster that is more in line with Simma's "aesthetics" appears, the purple-haired girl is more hesitant and difficult to be ruthless. Along the way, they had already spared more than a dozen snake monsters that were slow due to the influence of the cold season.

The purple-haired girl's posture of casting ice spells is standard and graceful, and the skills such as the fifth-level freezing air ring and the ice splitting gun are extremely proficient, although at the beginning some could not control the power, but later gradually adapted to the level of the demonic beast to properly control the use of magic, and made significant progress in just a few actual battles.

With the unique way of gliding and moving on the ice rail, which greatly compensates for the shortcomings of the spell-type cultivator's lack of mobility and defense, the process of fighting for the petite Sima is smooth and gorgeous. To be honest, if it were a male magician, such actions would probably make people think that they were contrived and disgusting, but the actions of a little beauty are very different. Not only did Hade frequently praise the purple-haired girl, but even Wella, who was far superior in strength, also praised her.

In short, Sima's eye-catching performance seemed to arouse the competitive mentality of the silver-haired female apprentice, so when there was a chance to make a move, the sudden explosion of Des did not even completely transform into a giant, and only the partial gigantic limbs solved the four scavenging dragons above LV50, which was also a super-level performance for her who had not broken through the fifth order for a long time. Well, it can also be seen that since the dark elf Kasmus of the former dragon knight learned martial arts, Des's melee skills have improved rapidly.

"Find a place to rest. "Although the harvest of the morning is not very satisfying, it is necessary to rest when it is time to rest. The group found a suitable col to serve as a temporary camp, and removed various tools from the luggage carried by the chocobo mounts.

Hed found some suitable stones and began to build a campfire stove, Uncle Madjik, who prefers to handle his prey with his own hands, concentrated on handling the small monsters caught along the way, while the silver-haired female apprentice, who has always been good at cooking, took on the main cooking work, and Wella and Sima went around collecting dead wood to prepare fuel.

After a while, a pot of fragrant broth began to emit an enticing aroma, and everyone sitting around the campfire took out their dry food and prepared for lunch.

Perhaps attracted by the rich smell of broth, two giant ogres peeked out at the edge of the jungle in the distance.

"Those two guys smell horrible, I'm going to deal with it. "Ogre monsters don't pay much attention to the cleanliness of their bodies, and they are worse than many animal-based monsters, and the smell on their bodies is quite disgusting.

In order to prevent the two humanoid monsters from disturbing everyone's lunch, Have, who had already completed the task of building the stove, hurried forward to meet him.

The two fifth-order ogres did not exert any pressure on Hide, and the sturdy body of the furious gigantic body could not resist the infinite corrosive power that devoured the inheritance. After flashing the unknown monster bone rod that the opponent picked up in front of the head, Hade raised his left hand covered in magic mercury and lightly pressed the opponent's arm to bounce up, and with an accurate heavy kick in the air, the gray-black erosion source force of the foot exploded, turning the head of a slightly weaker ogre into powder.

"Let's try the power of dissolving poison. Swinging a few lines of blurring stickiness to restrain the other ogre as it tried to turn and flee, Hed struck it in the back of the heart with a punch. The ogre's gray-blue skin quickly turned an abnormal oily green, and after ten seconds or so, it froze to the ground, and soon after, the middle of the body slowly melted and broke into two, leaving only a light blue crystal nucleus.

"Well, the power of dissolving poison that has started to cultivate recently is still very insufficient, but the middle and upper level ogres of the fifth order can't dissolve all their bodies, and the effect of dissolving poison is relatively slow, and they must contact each other to activate it, so they still need to continue to cultivate." Hold shook his head and picked up the nucleus.

At the end of the battle, when he began to collect his own activated source power, Hade suddenly had a strange feeling and involuntarily looked in the northeast direction.

“...... What is this aura that makes my hair stand on end?" Hade was very puzzled, just now there seemed to be a strange aura from a distance that made him feel very vigilant from the heart, and it didn't feel like a high-level demonic beast, but vaguely felt familiar, or it seemed to be a special sense like a sworn enemy who had fought many times.

"Mentor?"

The soft call of the silver-haired female apprentice alerted Have, who seemed to be a little worried about herself fighting alone, and took the initiative to check on the situation.

"It's okay, two LV50 crystal nuclei. Hade raised his left hand, and after a moment's thought, asked, "Did you sense anything just now?"

Dess shook her head slightly.

Returning to the temporary camp of the group, Head noticed that even the strongest Wella was not unusual, and it seemed that everyone did not sense the strange feeling he had just had.

"Delusion?" Hide was a little confused, but the high-ranking Assassin Ninija was checking in on the situation, so I'll be in touch with her later.

Unaware, everyone was leisurely enjoying the hot broth, and what made Hide more concerned was that the red-haired Countess Wella actually took out a few boxes of Haode high-end snacks in a delicate wooden box from the storage bracelet in her left hand, one of which was her favorite chocolate cake after opening, and generously shared it with everyone.

“...... The precious space storage bracelet is actually used for such a small thing. Hide was speechless, and could only sigh that Miss Wella, who was born in a wealthy family, had an extremely different thinking.

"Head, let your Assassin-type knight of honor have lunch too. The red-haired countess proposed.

At the time of departure, Hide had already introduced Ninija, dressed as an assassin and covered her face in a metal mask, to Wella, so Wella also knew that Hide had a reconnaissance-type subordinate lurking in the shadows.

"No, assassin-type lineage cultivators are extremely mindful of their diet, and even in their daily lives, they strictly limit the types of food and drink. She doesn't just eat anything else. ”

"That's really hard......," Wella said with a sympathetic look.

From a nearby silver-ash tree, a figure was Ninija, with long bladed ears hanging from the back of her head. The special inheritance cultivation made this petite high-ranking female assassin a real light as a swallow, and the ground covered by shallow snow did not even leave even the slightest trace.

Could it be that she really wanted to try Miss Wella's dim sum?" Head was a little surprised, but when the female assassin leaned over and whispered a few words in his ear, Have's expression became a little strange.

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